Software Engineer Jobs in Leeds

Software Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Software Engineer salary in Leeds is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 60 59
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 113 156 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 4.96% 5.14% 5.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.17% 5.40% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 69 80 157
10th Percentile £34,000 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,213 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,500 £74,741 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,370 £85,000 £72,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +11.82% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 2,185 2,888 3,677
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 95.19% 97.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,574 1,728 2,548
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,156 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% +5.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Leeds

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Leeds.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Leeds

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Leeds

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leeds region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 113 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 57 (50.44%) JavaScript
3 56 (49.56%) React
4 52 (46.02%) Azure
5 46 (40.71%) .NET
6 44 (38.94%) AWS
7 43 (38.05%) DevOps
8 42 (37.17%) Agile
9 41 (36.28%) C#
9 41 (36.28%) Python
10 36 (31.86%) Actionable Insight
11 34 (30.09%) CSS
12 33 (29.20%) Web Development
13 32 (28.32%) .NET Core
14 31 (27.43%) SC Cleared
14 31 (27.43%) Security Cleared
14 31 (27.43%) PostgreSQL
15 28 (24.78%) GIS
15 28 (24.78%) ESRI
15 28 (24.78%) ArcGIS
15 28 (24.78%) PostGIS
15 28 (24.78%) Leaflet
15 28 (24.78%) GeoServer
15 28 (24.78%) OpenLayers
15 28 (24.78%) QGIS
16 25 (22.12%) AngularJS
17 20 (17.70%) SQL
17 20 (17.70%) Microservices
18 19 (16.81%) Full Stack Development
19 18 (15.93%) Problem-Solving

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (24.78%) ArcGIS
1 28 (24.78%) GeoServer
2 5 (4.42%) NServiceBus
3 3 (2.65%) Captiva
3 3 (2.65%) FileNet
3 3 (2.65%) JBoss
3 3 (2.65%) Red Hat Fuse
3 3 (2.65%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 52 (46.02%) Azure
2 44 (38.94%) AWS
3 9 (7.96%) GitHub
4 8 (7.08%) GCP
5 6 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (4.42%) Firebase
6 5 (4.42%) Serverless
7 3 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.88%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (27.43%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (24.78%) GIS
2 28 (24.78%) QGIS
3 6 (5.31%) MySQL
4 4 (3.54%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.65%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.65%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.65%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.65%) RDBMS
5 3 (2.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (5.31%) CircleCI
1 6 (5.31%) Cypress.io
2 5 (4.42%) Git
3 4 (3.54%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.65%) IntelliJ
4 3 (2.65%) JDeveloper
4 3 (2.65%) JIRA
4 3 (2.65%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.88%) Selenium
5 1 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 13 (11.50%) Public Sector
2 11 (9.73%) Finance
3 10 (8.85%) Legal
3 10 (8.85%) Social Skills
4 9 (7.96%) Automotive
5 6 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.42%) Banking
6 5 (4.42%) Tech for Good
7 3 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.65%) Electronics
8 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.88%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (49.56%) React
2 46 (40.71%) .NET
3 34 (30.09%) CSS
4 32 (28.32%) .NET Core
5 28 (24.78%) Leaflet
5 28 (24.78%) OpenLayers
5 28 (24.78%) PostGIS
6 25 (22.12%) AngularJS
7 16 (14.16%) Vue
8 13 (11.50%) RESTful
9 10 (8.85%) Node.js
10 6 (5.31%) ASP.NET
10 6 (5.31%) Spring
10 6 (5.31%) Tailwind CSS
11 5 (4.42%) Apache Cordova
11 5 (4.42%) HTML
11 5 (4.42%) Jest
11 5 (4.42%) Svelte
11 5 (4.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 4 (3.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.31%) Distributed Systems
1 6 (5.31%) Public Cloud
2 4 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (3.54%) Robotics
3 3 (2.65%) DataPower
3 3 (2.65%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.88%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.88%) Device Driver
4 1 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.88%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.88%) NHS
4 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.50%) Linux
2 5 (4.42%) Android
2 5 (4.42%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.54%) Ubuntu
4 3 (2.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 43 (38.05%) DevOps
3 42 (37.17%) Agile
4 36 (31.86%) Actionable Insight
5 33 (29.20%) Web Development
6 20 (17.70%) Microservices
7 19 (16.81%) Full Stack Development
8 18 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (9.73%) Containerisation
10 10 (8.85%) TDD
11 9 (7.96%) Coaching
11 9 (7.96%) Front End Development
12 8 (7.08%) Mentoring
12 8 (7.08%) OOP
13 7 (6.19%) CI/CD
13 7 (6.19%) Computer Science
14 6 (5.31%) Continuous Integration
14 6 (5.31%) Deployment Automation
14 6 (5.31%) Design Patterns
14 6 (5.31%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (50.44%) JavaScript
2 41 (36.28%) C#
2 41 (36.28%) Python
3 20 (17.70%) SQL
4 15 (13.27%) Java
4 15 (13.27%) TypeScript
5 8 (7.08%) C++
6 5 (4.42%) Ruby
7 4 (3.54%) Perl
7 4 (3.54%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.65%) Bash
8 3 (2.65%) Go
9 1 (0.88%) C
9 1 (0.88%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.88%) XAML
Qualifications
1 31 (27.43%) SC Cleared
1 31 (27.43%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.08%) Degree
3 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.54%) QA
2 3 (2.65%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (8.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (24.78%) ESRI
2 6 (5.31%) Oracle
3 3 (2.65%) IBM
3 3 (2.65%) Kofax
3 3 (2.65%) Pega
3 3 (2.65%) SAP
3 3 (2.65%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.88%) F5
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft